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Even without money.
Just for training, it would be already so great.

Are BBs aware that end of seasons in divisions, especially last match, may be totally modified by the fact that many teams try to avoid this 5th place ?

the ugliest thing about 5 place, is in my eyes that through the league structure most relegation games are for "fun"(last human league have no demoted teams) and so even the advantage that 5th place is free from relegation isn#t a pro and those 6th and 7th teams get training + income(even more then most of the PO teams)

I luckily never ended 5th... I'm glad I was 6th twice.

I luckily never ended 5th... I'm glad I was 6th twice. :)

sometimes even a fith plce is good - for example in my div i believe a 5th place was more attractive then the 6th - because a Powerhouse of our league give up many games to get a good draft pick and 2 games in the off season.

Both my league 6-th teams lost their first relegation game. One of the teams CT-d to get the 5-th spot. I guess the 5-th place has one clear upside. You can not relegate, thus can not lose out on a big bunch of cash if you are unlucky and relegate.

Last edited by Kukoc at 3/10/2010 1:55:43 PM

Ofcourse they do, but it's not exatcly a sure thing that when you end up 6-th you will not relegate. That's my point.

I think the 5th place finishers should get a Tues scrimmage, with no gate receipts

First of all, I just finished in 5th. I am really happy to have survived the season, and that's thanks enough. But...

then along comes this really good idea and gets me thinking, ya' know, here's my team just sitting on their hands when they could be out scrimmaging and getting experience. Since they don't get a stamina-related boost for the extra rest, they may as well be playing. So I really totally like this idea of having that first Tuesday after the season dedicated for 5th place teams scrimmaging each other, with no gate receipt bonus, but training time. After the first week it can be business as usual. We all need to train free throws, sometime, eh?

If you are going to train Free Throws, then it should make no difference whether you play the scrimmage or not.

I don't think 5th place should get anything. They already get the gaurantee that they won't be relegated. I understand that you don't think it is fair that the 6th place gets a better draft pick, gets income from the relegation game, and if they don't get relegated end up ahead of you. But you didn't have to come fifth, if you would prefer to be 6th, then make sure you come 6th.

I also understand that if you are in the lowest division then 5th place is a bigger disadvantage because 6th place gets extra income, better draft pick and no chance of relegating, but everyone already knows that 5th place doesn't provide a benefit other than not relegating, so it is your responsibility to make sure that you don't finish 5th. This brings more tactics in to the game which is good.

Also, if you are in 5th place, simply train Free Throws or Stamina, there is no harm, you are going to train it sometimes anyway so why not now.